Which manganese powder to get?

[Reefing_addiction]

So Loud Wolf has
MANGANESE SULFATE MONOHYDRATE (169.02g/mol)
And I also found
Manganese Chloride Tetrahydrate (197.905 g/mol)

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Which one of these would be better for mixing into a dosing solution (if I can get my hands on the second one!)

We have a local science company that may be able to order it for me if they don’t carry it, unless someone knows where to buy it!

Or is there other options.

I dose quite a bit of this to my tank….i have noticed a difference when I don’t dose so I obviously believe that the corals need this or use it in a beneficial way. I’m just looking for the most cost effective solution to make a solution!!!

Obviously once I determine the right powdered form of manganese I’ll probably need help with the math.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

The hydration state makes no difference aside from potency.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

The hydration state makes no difference aside from potency.

That’s for confirming my suspicions. All the reading in the world but wanted confirmation.

What would you say the highest concentration one should make to dose into our tanks?

 

[Pistondog]

We can get the MnSO4 on amazon. Mixed up 3g in a liter of rodi, which is about 1 g Mn. This is about 10x triton's concentration as Mn in a bottle, so we dilute 1:10 and dose 1ml per day in 100 gallons tank.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

We can get the MnSO4 on amazon. Mixed up 3g in a liter of rodi, which is about 1 g Mn. This is about 10x triton's concentration as Mn in a bottle, so we dilute 1:10 and dose 1ml per day in 100 gallons tank.

My current dose is 8ml daily (roughly)

I have a bottle that I bought when I was actively doing the moonshiners program.

I recently added a large amount of LPS - more specifically I added 8 gonis to my current 8. So I upped the dose- I was at 5 prior.

I look into the Amazon stuff!
I want to check out local science company first

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

That’s for confirming my suspicions. All the reading in the world but wanted confirmation.

What would you say the highest concentration one should make to dose into our tanks?

I don’t know what the highest possible concentration would be, but I also would not aim for that since an error might lead to problematic levels much faster.